February 2020

Health concerns meet politics amid Taiwan’s WHO exclusion

Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization is pitting health concerns against geopolitics during the current crisis over a new virus By RALPH JENNINGS Associated Press February 14, 2020, 6:35 AM 3 min read TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Organization is pitting health concerns against geopolitics during the current crisis over […]

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Billie Eilish Just Dropped Her New James Bond Theme ‘No Time To Die’

Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish dropped “No Time To Die,” the title song of the upcoming James Bond film and her newest single, on Thursday. Lyrics from the moody ballad include: Was I stupid to love you/ Was I reckless to help/ Was it obvious to everybody else/ That I’d fallen for a lie/ You were never on my

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Veterans Affairs, a Trump Signature Issue, Is Facing Turmoil Again

“The general sense is outrage,” said Kristen L. Rouse, the founder of the NYC Veterans Alliance, who like many female veterans has received an outpouring of emails and calls from other female veterans who said they had experiences similar to Ms. Goldstein’s. Christina Mandreucci, a spokeswoman for the department, said that “Secretary Wilkie acknowledges that

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Why Austen’s Emma would be ‘queen of social media’

Image copyright Focus Features Image caption Anya Taylor-Joy plays the film’s heroine There are plenty of screen adaptations of Jane Austen’s Emma – faithful ones like the earliest BBC version of 1948 to Clueless, which moved the action to 1990s California. Director Autumn de Wilde’s film returns Emma to Regency England – but with a

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